He was ripping a piece of poplar to 2" wide. The student that I had that cut his thumb off was not making a dado cut.
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I then explain that hopefully, his father showed him the proper AND SAFE way to do it, but in either case, I WILL show him how to do it carefully and safely. listen and learn or listen to the sound of the class working without him. That's when I take a deep breath, count to 20 and tell the student he has two choices. 'My dad is a carpenter and he showed me how to do it. The scariest thing a shop teacher can hear is a student saying. If the student WAS properly instructed AND the teacher was standing right behind him, this type of accident happens so quickly that the teacher could not react quickly enough to stop the accident from happening. Was the student running the dado in the middle of a narrow board with one end of the board against the fence? Was he using a sled to control the wood (sounds like no), was he cutting a dado on the end of a narrow board? Think of the situation. Now I'll talk from experience (37 years as a shop teacher) Newspaper articles are generally unreliable, especially if the general tone of the paper is anti-teacher. Unfortunately, to properly see where you are starting the dado cut, the guard has to be out of the way.
It is mounted well behind the blade, enough to dado a 12" wide board without the board hitting the mounting bracket. There are several very good guards (no splitter) that are mounted on an 'overhead arm' assembly. I have seen it when my kids were going through school and I hear about it from my daughter who is a band and choir director for the entire spectrum of school age kids (K - 12). Sadly, many parents today believe that schools are just a big day care center. This makes it an opinion and, like belly buttons, everybody has one. None of us posting here actually know the facts regarding this particular event so, those who assess blame to a particular party do so in ignorance.
With funding levels in schools today, many schools are lucky to have shops, much less adequate assistants to help the teacher monitor what is going on at multiple workstations. I certainly have a better understanding now of his demeanor then. I was too young to really have an appreciation for the stress he must have been under at the time but, in retrospect, I think I do now. Shockley) is one of the few teachers names I remember from that era (or is it eon?). I took general shop in 7th and 8th grade (late 60's) and my shop teacher (Mr.
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I understand completely and while I love woodworking and kids, it would terrify me to be responsible for a class full of teenagers in a shop full of machinery with moving sharp objects. PS: I have had a student loose a thumb on the table saw in class, not a thing I want to go through again. When I go, the shop will not last 2 years and the program will be dropped. I am so frustrated that it is time for me to retire. Now they would rather sleep or visit as work. When I first started teaching (73) the nonacademic students were thilled to get to work in the shop as opposed to doing book work. This is an elective and if not enough students sign up then they don't offer the classes. If I don't allow students to use the power tools they will not take the class and we all loose. woods now and most are very immature freshmen who sleep during the safety films, refuse to read the book and hide behind the few paying attention during the demo's. I try very hard to give them proper instruction and supervision on each of the power tools but many of the students won't listen or pay attention they just want to go out and work. It scares me to death every time i take my students into the shop to work. I am presently a woodworking teacher in a public H.S. What a poor statement! Please be careful in your work the finger you lose may be your own. just sounds like poor technique and probably little if any safety instruction. evidently did not bother to supervise students or make sure operation was done safely. Wonder if shop teacher was suspended/fired? probably not. I feel for that poor teacher, he will lose his job in a period of time even if he has done a great job for years. I find that my children have a healthy fear of the table saw, unlike most adult wood workers. Power tools are dangerous no matter who is operating them. I may have a serious accident on Monday, but it will not be a lack of safety training or testing. I feel very fortunate! We use the table saw every day. This subject is very near and dear to my heart. I have been a carpentry teacher for sixteen years in a public school system and have experienced very few accidents in my construction classes. I enjoy reading and learning from the many people that share information here.
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